Dartboard with detachable signs

ABSTRACT

A dartboard has a board member and a plurality of signs. The board member has a central target and a plurality of target sections on a front side thereof. The signs are detachably mounted on a periphery of the board member associated with the target sections respectively.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to a darts game device, and moreparticularly to a dartboard having signs detachably mounted thereon.

2. Description of the Related Art

A conventional dartboard has a disk-like board member 10, on which acentral target 11 and twenty target sections 12 around the centraltarget 11 are provided. A margin of the board member 10 is labeled withnumerals 13 (1 to 20) associated with the target sections 12, as shownin FIG. 1. Such dartboards had been presented to the market for a longtime, and they bore the consumers.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide adartboard, which has a novelty design of the dartboard.

According to the objective of the present invention, a dartboard has aboard member and a plurality of signs. The board member has a pluralityof target sections on a front side thereof. The signs are detachablymounted on the board member associated with the target sectionsrespectively.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front view of the conventional dartboard;

FIG. 2 is a front view of a first preferred embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the first preferred embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the first preferred embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, and

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a third preferred embodiment of thepresent invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

As shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, a dartboard of the first preferredembodiment of the present invention comprises:

A disk-like board member 20 has a central target 21 at a front sidethereof, a plurality of radial target sections 22 around the centraltarget 21 and a plurality of connecting portions 23 on a peripherythereof associated with the target sections 22 respectively. Theconnecting portions 23 are slots on the periphery of the board member20, each of which are open at a rear side of the board member 20 and areclosed at the front side. The slots 23 have widths at top ends thereofless than that at bottoms thereof.

A plurality of signs 30, each has a display portion 31, on which anumeral 32 is provided. The numerals 32 can be printed on papers to bestuck on the display portions 31 respectively, and they can be printedon the display portions 31 also. It is easy to understand that the signs30 can have icons, characters, pictures and the like on the displayportion 31 respectively. Each of the signs 30 further has a connectingportion 33 respectively, which are blocks projected from ends of thesigns 30 with widths at proximal ends less than that at distal ends.

The connecting portions (blocks) 33 of the signs 30 are engaged with theconnecting portions (slots) 23 of the board member 20 from the rearside, such that the signs 30 are mounted on the periphery of the boardmember 20 associated with the target sections 22 respectively, as shownin FIG. 2. The signs 30 are selected to be connected with the variousconnecting portions 23 of the board member 20 according to the player'schoice to change the pattern of the dartboard of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, a dartboard of the second preferred embodiment ofthe present invention has a board member 40 and a plurality of signs 50.The board member 40 has a central target 41, a plurality of targetsections 42 and connecting portions 43. The connecting portions 43 areholes on a periphery of the board member 40. The signs 50 each have apost-like connecting portion 51 to be inserted into the connectingportions 43 (holes) of the board member 40.

There still are many ways to detachably mount the signs on the boardmember of the present invention, such as magnets, Velcro and theequivalences.

As shown FIG. 6, the third preferred embodiment of the present inventionprovides an electronic dartboard, which is similar to the dartboard ofthe second preferred embodiment, having a board member and a pluralityof signs, wherein the board member has holes 60 on a periphery thereofand the signs each have a post 70 to be inserted into the holes 60respectively. The posts 70 of the signs each have an electric terminal71 and the board member also has electric terminals (not shown) in theholes 60, and the terminals are electrically connected while the posts70 are inserted into the holes 60. When a dart (not shown) is stuck to aspecific target section of the board member of the dartboard of thepresent invention, it gives an electric signal from a circuit (notshown) of the board member to the very sign via the terminals 71 andactivates an output device (not shown), which can be lights, buzzer orspeakers, in the sign broadcasting audio and/or visual output. The signsbroadcast various outputs that give more fun of the game.

1. A dartboard, comprising a board member having a plurality of targetsections on a front side thereof and a plurality of signs detachablymounted on the board member associated with the target sectionsrespectively.
 2. The dartboard as defined in claim 1, wherein the boardmember has a plurality of connecting portions on a periphery thereofassociated with the target sections respectively, and the signs eachhave display portion and a connecting portion to be detachably connectedto the connecting portions of the board member respectively.
 3. Thedartboard as defined in claim 2, wherein the connecting portions of theboard member are slots on the periphery thereof, and the connectingportions of the signs are blocks to be engaged with the slots of theboard member respectively.
 4. The dartboard as defined in claim 3,wherein the slots of the board member have widths at tops less than thatat bottoms, and the blocks of the signs have widths at proximal endsless than that at distal ends.
 5. The dartboard as defined in claim 3,wherein the slots of the board member each have an open end at a rearside of the board member, and the blocks of the signs are engaged withthe slots of the board member via the open ends thereof.
 6. Thedartboard as defined in claim 2, wherein the connecting portions of theboard member are holes on the periphery thereof, and the connectingportions of the signs are posts to be detachably inserted into the holesof the board member.
 7. The dartboard as defined in claim 2, wherein theconnecting portions of the board member or the signs have magnets formagnetic attraction.
 8. The dartboard as defined in claim 2, wherein theconnecting portions of the board member and the signs have electricterminals, and the signs each have an output device electricallyconnected to a circuit of board member via the terminals.